SqlProfileProvider - can you use Profile.GetProfile() in a project?

Question

I am attempting to use the SqlProfileProvider in an application and can\'t seem to use it the way I want to. I would like to be able to simply call up a profile like this:

Answer 1

To retrieve the profile:

var profile = ProfileBase.Create(HttpContext.Profile.UserName, true);

And here's the MSDN documentation. And a nice blog post about custom profiles.